Do you want to have flat abs? Then check-out these stand-up exercises for flat abs. These 6 exercises when done and combined with a good amount of sleep and adequate nutrition, will help to build muscles, promote muscle endurance and improve your balance.
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You want to have flat abs? Then check-out these stand-up exercises for flat abs. These 6 exercises when done and combined with a good amount of sleep and adequate nutrition, will help to build muscles, promote muscle endurance and improve your balance.
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“The best diet is the one you don’t know you’re on.” Sage advice from Brian Wansink, Director of the Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University and author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think. Eating healthy doesn’t mean you must forsake all indulgences and subsist solely on oatmeal and salads. Instead, what if you just made a few small changes to your eating routine that could lead to gradual, sustainable results?
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Instantly Ageless™ is a powerful anti-wrinkle microcream that works quickly and effectively to diminish the visible signs of aging. The revolutionary ingredient is argireline: a peptide that works like botox—without the needle
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If you’ve made it this far of going to the gym every day, give yourself a pat on the back. However, if the scale doesn’t seem to be showing any results, it might mean you’re unintentionally sabotaging your own progress.
We asked two local personal trainers what common mistakes they see gym-goers falling prey to during their weight loss journeys. From over-exercising (yes, it’s possible) to falling into a workout rut, here’s why you’re not losing weight.

1) You’re being an overachiever
We’re all a little gung-ho the first time we make it to the gym after a long hiatus. But Grant Hill of My Bootcamp cautions, “Exercising too much ends up being counterproductive.” The more you work out, the more cortisol your body produces. Cortisol is a steroid hormone produced when the body experiences high-stress conditions—it causes the body to retain water, and thus, weight.
Hill recommends spending just 30 to 45 minutes at the gym, three days a week.

2) You’re overeating
Being overall healthy and maintaining the ideal weight involves just 20 percent exercise and 80 percent nutrition. But “you can never out-exercise poor nutrition,” says Lance Breger, head trainer at Mint DC. Adds Hill, “Calories in and calories out is oversimplistic.” Just because you’re working out a lot doesn’t mean you can binge on pizza and burgers afterward.

3) Your workout is boring
Spending an hour on the elliptical every single workout is not very engaging, and it can get old pretty quickly. “You want to shake up your workouts,” Hill says. Do something you actually enjoy, like trying that Zumba class you keep meaning to sign up for.

4) You’re not lifting
Low-intensity training like lifting weights is just as important as high-intensity exercise. And contrary to popular belief, strength training actually does burn fat, Hill says. Of his own clients, Breger says individuals who spent more time strength-training than logging miles and miles on cardio equipment saw more positive body changes.

5) You’re dehydrated
We should be drinking half of our body weight in ounces, but most of us are walking around in a state of chronic dehydration, Breger says. Just 2 percent of water loss in our bodies can decrease our athletic performance, so you’re less likely to get the most of your workout the less you drink.

6) You’re not sleeping
“Sleep is absolutely the most critical part of losing weight, building muscle, and getting rid of injuries,” Breger says. Our bodies repair physically between 10 PM and 2 AM. So if you’re going to bed at midnight, you’re missing 50 percent of ideal body repair. If your body can’t fully recover from your workouts, it’s more difficult to develop muscle mass and burn fat quickly.

7) The glass is half empty
This should go without saying, but if there are no positive thoughts in your mind, there will be no positive results. Self-deprecating thoughts (“My muffin top is awful! I’m awful!”) are what Breger calls “stinking thinking.” Before taking on a weight loss journey, it’s important to get your mind in the right place.

From brushing your hair 100 times, to drinking a gallon of water a day to plump up your skin — we’ve all heard anti-aging advice from our mothers and grandmothers. And the same thing holds true for women across the globe, in many different cultures.

Women all over the world are proving you can age well and gracefully, and you don’t have to go under the knife or spend your entire paycheck on a fancy new anti-aging cream.

“Other cultures take advantage of natural ingredients,” dermatologist Joshua Zeichner told The Huffington Post. Zeichner says in the U.S. we’re beginning to embrace many beauty rituals from around the world by incorporating key ingredients into our existing skincare routines.

From the glowing skin of women in Latin America to the clear complexions of our friends in Asia, we’ve rounded up the best anti-aging treatments from cultures around the world.

1. France
Studies have shown grape seed extract supplements can actually boost the levels of antioxidants in your blood. It has also been known to protect the collagen and elastin in your skin– the proteins that give your skin elasticity and firmness. Grape seed extract supplements are popular in France. You’d have to eat over a pound of grapes to get the same benefit as you do from 50 mg of the supplement!

You have probably heard of the famous diet which is consisted only of warm water. Even though it may sound strange, this diet is very simple yet extremely efficient. Drink 400 ml of lukewarm water in the morning right after you wake up.

This way you will drastically, which is determining factor when it comes to losing excess weight. This is it, the whole diet procedure end here. If you want to improve the water’s taste, you can add little bit of honey and/or lemon juice. If you want this diet’s results you must obey two rules: the first one is to drink lukewarm water, and the second one is to drink the water right after you have woken up. This way you will shake your metabolism which will make it work better than usual. If you practice this method you will notice that excess weight is slowly but surely is melting and your body weight is reduced. Thanks to this diet you will also improve your skin’s tan.

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